CoolStoryBrobat
The hero Smogon needs, but not the one it deserves
Real interesting, I always heard some joke speculation about this happening but I didn't think anyone'd have the balls to actually give it a test run anytime soon. Far as a tier goes without Scald, before I always said "eh why not just keep the move" but I'm willing to bet that most people who argue to keep Scald are kinda of the mindset that the move is equally abusable by both players with little opportunity cost (outside of Guts users). On the other hand I won't dismiss it as not being a "broken move" either. I'm kinda on the fence, and honestly could go either way with how it could go if the possibility of it being removed was actually being considered.
Given that Scald makes bulky Water-types such a quintessential force on the defensive side in UU, seeing a tier where physical attackers don't have to worry about being punished150% of the time by them will definitely be very interesting, though at the same time I feel like the metagame isn't going to change drastically. If anything it's just one less thing physical attackers have to worry about dealing with, and at the same time, players using bulky Water-types now have to actually play smart rather than just rolling the dice against a potentially threatening Pokemon and hoping RNGesus answers their prayers.
Some dudes are probably gonna use Toxic more often, others will probably carry Ice Beam for the Dragon/Grass-types that use Water-types as setup bait. I can expect to see more defensive Arcanine/Rotom-H, probably some Entei. Idk how it's gonna turn out for this ladder but it'll be interesting, for sure.
TL;DR: What everybody else said before me
edit: But the real question y'all should be asking...IS SUICUNE STILL BROKEN OR NAH?!
Given that Scald makes bulky Water-types such a quintessential force on the defensive side in UU, seeing a tier where physical attackers don't have to worry about being punished
Some dudes are probably gonna use Toxic more often, others will probably carry Ice Beam for the Dragon/Grass-types that use Water-types as setup bait. I can expect to see more defensive Arcanine/Rotom-H, probably some Entei. Idk how it's gonna turn out for this ladder but it'll be interesting, for sure.
TL;DR: What everybody else said before me
edit: But the real question y'all should be asking...IS SUICUNE STILL BROKEN OR NAH?!
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